Did you know that sleep disorders such as sleep apnea can make you gain weight and weight gain in turn can put you at increased risk of sleep problems such as sleep apnea?

Realizing the bidirectional relationship between sleep disorders and weight gain, most W8MD medical weight loss centers of America’s weight loss centers also offer a comprehensive sleep medicine program to help deal with both sleep disorders and metabolic disorders including obesity.

List of our sleep medicine services

Sleep Disorders Treated at W8MD medical weight loss and sleep centers

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Snoring

Narcolepsy

Central Sleep Apnea

Restless Legs Syndrome

Insomnia

Hypersomnia

Circadian Rhythm Disorders

Sleep Walking

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep

Pediatric Sleep Disorders

Assessments & Treatments of sleep disorders

Polysomnography

Polysomnography with Full EEG

Home Sleep Testing

Multiple Sleep Latency Testing

Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing

Actigraphy

CPAP and BPAP

Adaptive Servo-Ventilation

Average Volume Assured Pressure Support

Bright Light Therapy

Durable Medical Equipment (CPAP, Auto-PAP, BPAP)

Partial list of sleep disorders that we can address

List of the common sleep problems

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: This us due to upper irway obstruction while sleeping, which limits deep sleep; snoring usually accompanies it.

Insomnia: This can be difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep and can be acute or chronic.

Hypersomnia: This literally means a person is very sleepy despite getting enough sleep opportunity and it can be a sign of an underlying sleep problem such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy or idiopathic hypersomnia.

Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome (ASPS): A circadian rhythms disorder where person goes to sleep early and rises early

Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome: is a circadian rhythm disorder where the body does not function with the 24 hour biological clock

Narcolepsy: Caused by a deficiency of wakefulness promoting chemicals in the brain for unknown reasons, Narcolepsy is a condition where a person has excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep paralysis, hypnogogic and hypnopompic hallucinations, sometimes cataplexy(see below).

Nocturia: A reccuring need to go to the bathroom and urinate at night

Cataplexy: Abrupt weakness with one’s motor muscles

Shift Work Sleep Disorder: a person does shift work and feels sleepy or tired during their wakeful time, and has difficulty falling asleep at times.

Night Terror: Not nightmares but rather a sudden awakening with gasping, moaning, or crying out that tends to happen in children but adults can also have it.

Locations for getting tested for sleep apnea

While there are many sleep centers that can diagnose and treat sleep apnea, W8MD medical weight loss and sleep centers are a bit different in that we not only diagnose and treat sleep disorder, but also help reverse some of the risk factors such as weight gain through our unique insurance physician weight loss and sleep wellness program.